UPSC Civil Services Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Mon, 23 Jun 2025
- On 23 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Finance Ministry extended the cut-off date for exercising the option under the Unified Pension Scheme by three months, to 30 September 2025.
- On 23 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said SECI's tender for 7,24,000 tonnes of green ammonia a year for 13 fertilizer plants was nearing final bid submission.
- On 23 June 2025 at Mile 27, Taita Taveta County, Kenya, Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth and Kenya's Defence Cabinet Secretary Roselinda Soipan Tuya unveiled the India-Africa Commemorative Pillar.
- On 23 June 2025 at Ahakista, Cork, Ireland, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri spoke at the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Air India Flight 182 (Kanishka) bombing.
Sun, 22 Jun 2025
- On 22 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation released provisional payroll data showing a net addition of 19.14 lakh members in April 2025.
- On 22 June 2025 in New Delhi, PM Narendra Modi held a detailed conversation with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on the situation in the region.
- On 22 June 2025 at Port Louis, Mauritius, the Indian Navy's stealth frigate INS Teg concluded her port call during an operational deployment to the South West Indian Ocean Region.
Sat, 21 Jun 2025
- On 21 June 2025, the 11th International Day of Yoga was marked across India with 13.04 lakh registered Yoga Sangam events and abroad with demonstrations in 191 countries, the Ministry of Ayush said.
- On 21 June 2025, 81 heritage sites under the Archaeological Survey of India hosted yoga sessions in collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush for the 11th International Day of Yoga.
- On 21 June 2025, more than nine lakh National Cadet Corps cadets took part in synchronised yoga sessions at locations across India for the 11th International Day of Yoga.
Fri, 20 Jun 2025
Thu, 19 Jun 2025
- On 19 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released its Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report for January–March 2025.
- On 19 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances released the 25th monthly NeSDA Way Forward report for States/UTs for May 2025, counting 21,062 e-services.
- On 19 June 2025, the steel-cutting ceremony of the fourth of five Fleet Support Ships for the Indian Navy was held at Hindustan Shipyard Limited, with Chief of the Naval Staff Adm Dinesh K Tripathi as chief guest.
Wed, 18 Jun 2025
- From 18 June 2025 at Camp Larzac, La Cavalerie, France, the Indian and French Armies are holding the 8th edition of the biennial joint military exercise SHAKTI, running till 1 July 2025.
- On 18 June 2025 in New Delhi, the third meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee approved 2,34,864 houses in nine states under PMAY-Urban 2.0.
- On 18 June 2025 in New Delhi, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh announced that Central Government employees under the Unified Pension Scheme will be eligible for retirement and death gratuity.
- On 18 June 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on the first-ever visit of an Indian Prime Minister to Croatia.
- On 18 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Election Commission of India introduced a new Standard Operating Procedure to deliver Electors Photo Identity Cards within 15 days of an update in the electoral rolls.
- On 18 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi approved 24 writers for the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2025.
- On 18 June 2025, India and Ukraine held the first meeting of their Joint Working Group on Agriculture in virtual mode.
Tue, 17 Jun 2025
- On 17 June 2025 at Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, PM Narendra Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit and agreed on the early return of High Commissioners.
- On 17 June 2025, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade in New Delhi issued notifications restricting imports of palladium, rhodium and iridium alloys containing more than 1% gold, and of colloidal metals and compounds under CTH 2843.
- On 17 June 2025 at Kananaskis, Canada, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the G7 Summit Outreach Session on energy security.
- On 17 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Coal announced the allocation of its 200th coal mine, with the Allocation Order for the Marwatola–II block issued to Singhal Business Private Limited.
Mon, 16 Jun 2025
- On 16 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Commerce Ministry released data showing annual WPI inflation of 0.39% (provisional) for May 2025.
- On 16 June 2025 in Nicosia, Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III on PM Narendra Modi, and the two leaders held official talks.
- On 16 June 2025 in New Delhi, TRAI released the Telecommunication Tariff (71st Amendment) Order, 2025, capping retail broadband tariffs for PM-WANI Public Data Offices at twice the consumer price.
- On 16 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Commerce Ministry estimated India's total exports of goods and services at US$71.12 billion in May 2025 and US$142.43 billion in April–May 2025.
- On 16 June 2025 in New Delhi, MoSPI's Periodic Labour Force Survey monthly bulletin showed the unemployment rate rising to 5.6% in May 2025 from 5.1% in April.